Céleste Boursier-Mougenot is a French artist that creates immersive expericences. He explores the rhythms of everyday life and unlocks the musical potential within unconventional materials.
The work 'From Here to Ear' is a sonic installation that was set up at the Peabody Essex Museum. Boursier-Mougenot created a gallery-turned-aviary that housed 70 zebra finches and amplified guitars. In this Boursier-Mougenot explores realities that are not meant to be experienced through sight. He invites small groups of visitors into the room to experience the finches flying through the gallery creating surreal sounds and music.
'From Here to Ear' is an extremely effective work. It's a beautiful installation that invites the audience to participate and allows them to view unique creature in a surreal environment. It creates a once in a lifetime experience and is an extremely intimate sensory journey/
In 2015 Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's work 'Revolutions' was chosen to represent France in the Venice Biennale.Once again Boursier-Mougenot creates an installation that engages the audience. 'Revolutions' was set up as an organic island of refuge where visitors could rest and relax. The glass from the skylight was removed and within the wooden walkways of the gallery, trees move in time with their metabolisms. The trees are machine and nature hybrids that are sensitive to the light. Their are electrical currents resulting from the bond between the earth and the trees and it surrounds the installation. It creates an environment that is relaxing and reflective for the visitor.
Boursier-Mougenot creates intricate installations that engage the visitor. He allows the audience to become a crucial element in the work and sparks reflection in the way they view art. He questions the idea of a gallery space and explores the bond between nature, art and us.
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